minority

释义

n.少数; 少数民族; 未成年

词态变化

复数 :   minorities ;

实用场景例句

Local government nursery services are accessible to only a small minority of employed mothers...

当地政府提供的保育服务只有少数在职母亲能够获得。

金山词霸

Few of these youngsters constitute a minority group.

这些年轻人中只有少数构成了一个少数群体。

金山词霸

The cultural traditions of the region's minority groups are well-preserved.

这个地区的少数民族文化传统得到了很好的保护。

金山词霸

The student union is pressing administrators to boost the proportion of women and staff from minority groups on campus.

学生会正向校方施压，要求提高校园内女性及少数群体教职工的比例。

金山词霸

Minority communities often face systemic challenges in accessing quality education.

少数族裔社区在获得优质教育方面常常面临系统性挑战。

金山词霸

The soldiers campaigned in the deserts of Iraq.

士兵们在伊拉克的沙漠作战.

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She enjoys watching dance , be it ballet , national minority dancing or any other sort of dancing.

芭蕾舞也好,民族舞也好, 随便什么舞她都喜欢看.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

A lot of national parks lie in the areas inhabited by minority nationality people.

许多国家公园都位于少数民族聚居的地方.

《简明英汉词典》

The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.

少数民族占人口的百分之六.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Boys are very much in the minority at the dancing class.

舞蹈班里男生占极少数.

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He is in his minority.

他尚未成年.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Such persons are certainly in the minority.

这种人当然占少数.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Those who protested against the president's decision were actually barking at the moon , since they were in a powerless minority.

由于他们属于软弱无力的少数,他们反对总统的决定实际上枉费唇舌.

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A minority of children are sexually active before they are in their teens.

少数孩子十几岁前已有性行为.

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The minority is subordinate to the majority.

少数服从多数.

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The nation wants peace; only a minority want the war to continue.

国家要和平, 只有少数人要战争继续下去.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

They are in a decided minority.

他们明显于少数.

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The minority should submit to the majority.

少数应服从多数.

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Only a minority of British households do not have a car.

英国只有少数家庭没有汽车.

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The government appears unconcerned about its contradictory policies affecting the minority population's rights.

政府似乎对其影响少数民族权利的矛盾政策并不在意。

金山词霸

Only a minority of students followed the school rules strictly.

只有少数学生严格遵守校规。

金山词霸

真题例句

Some day you may be either a speaker or a listener in a situation involving people from other countries or members of minority group in North America.

出自-2011年12月听力原文

In some cultures, both overseas and in some minority groups in North America, listeners are considered disrespectful if they look directly at the speaker

出自-2011年12月听力原文

Most urban Africans work for a small minority of the rich, who tend to be involved in either cronyish businesses or politics.

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Open data sharers are still in the minority in many fields.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

( ' , Harvard, for example, boasts a six-year graduation rate for underrepresented minority groups of 98 percent)Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his success story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Harvard, for example, boasts a six-year graduation rate for underrepresented minority groups of 98 percent.

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

In his book The Tipping Point,Malcolm Aladuell argues that social epidemics are driven in large part by the acting of a tiny minority of special individuals,often called influentials,who are unusually informed,persuasive,or well-connected.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

In his book The tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell argues that "social epidemics" are driven in large part by the actions of a tiny minority of special individuals, often called influentials, who are unusually informed, persuasive, or well-connected.

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun

1. a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part

2. being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts;

"when the vote was taken they were in the minority"

"he held a minority position"

3. any age prior to the legal age